Today's News

After coming off a year of accomplishments including working to balance the state’s budget and passing the I Hate Meth Act as well as stricter requirements for pain clinics in the state, State Representative Dennis Powers said he is looking forward to another busy year in Nashville.

With the first session of the new year opening Jan. 10, Powers said his to do list is long.

“One of my main focuses this year will be on welfare reform,” Powers said.

Nearly eight months into his tenure as Campbell County’s director of schools, Donnie Poston, is looking at 2012 as a new challenge.

Citing improvements in discipline and structural upgrades in a number of the county’s school buildings as well as the support of teachers, the veteran educator said despite some of the challenges the system is facing the future looks bright.

Because 2012 is a big year in the political arena, Poston said he is bracing himself for more changes in education.

On Dec. 16 the Dollar General store located on General Carl Stiner Highway was robbed at knifepoint. And just over a week later an arrest was made.

Following the incident in which a male walked into the store and demanded cash from the register before fleeing on foot, officials with the Campbell County Sheriff’s department worked diligently turning over stones that led to the arrest of Dustin Riley Berry, 29, of 430 Farmer Lane, LaFollette.

People can get angry about high utility bills. But the size of their bills is determined more by how much energy they use than rates, LaFollette Utilities Board General Manager Kenny Baird said.

Customers are charged for energy usage, per kilowatt-hour. Baird gave the illustration of filling up a gas tank. When gas costs $3 a gallon, the person filling up a 20-gallon tank will spend more money than the person filling up a 10-gallon tank.